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From: Chris Jackson on 6 Jan 2010 10:00 Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2010/1/6 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss(a)iguanasuicide.net>: >> From what I understand about Linux in general, no. At the very least, doing >> so your be overly complicated. .... > Thanks, Boyd, that was actually ver informative. As there is no room > for a second tower, I will see about modding the existing tower for > two motherboards. There actually is room, only the CPU cooling tubes > might be problematic. > > Oh, and I'm going to have to see if a single 500W power supply with > another pigtail soldered will power both! That should probably be the > weak point in the system! I actually think this just might be possible, although I'm by no means sure. I've got as far as running an X session on a separate video card in the past, for display purposes only (that is, we ran for example `DISPLAY=0:1 mplayer' to use the alternate display). I experimented briefly with trying to get an actual xdm session on there, and while I could get it to start, the problem was in picking up which device which keyboard/mouse was attached to. I'm curious about whether this is possible with udev, since that was in the days before it - I think it may - possibly - be, and might have some time to experiment this weekend if you're still interested. -- Chris Jackson Shadowat Systems Ltd. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Javier Barroso on 6 Jan 2010 10:20 Hi, On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Nick Douma <n.douma(a)nekoconeko.nl> wrote: > Dotan Cohen wrote: >> I have a desktop computer with onboard VGA and option to add a >> discrete video card. It has plenty of spare USB ports for mice and >> keyboards. >> >> Does Debian support using this computer for _two_ workstations, each >> with their own user accounts, monitor, and keyboard? The goal is to >> save space, electricity, and maintenance in a cramped desk in which >> now two people must each have their own computer (home environment). I >> prefer to stick with Lenny but am willing to experiment with Squeeze >> or even a Debian derivative if need be. Thanks in advance. >> > > I've read an article years ago where they did what you trying to do, > with eight workplaces. I found an entry on Wikipedia that might be a > good starting point, it also contains a link to the X.org wiki page on > the subject: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiseat_configuration Another link which could be improved if you find any issue :): http://wiki.debian.org/Multi_Seat_Debian_HOWTO Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Stan Hoeppner on 6 Jan 2010 10:40 Chris Jackson put forth on 1/6/2010 8:34 AM: > I'm curious about whether this is possible with udev, since that was in > the days before it - I think it may - possibly - be, and might have some > time to experiment this weekend if you're still interested. Now all you have to do is hack sound for two sessions. Of course, he'll need two sound cards or a USB sound card and a second set of speakers. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:00 > seems pretty straight forward > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultiseatX > Thanks, there is some great info there. And as Ubuntu is a Debian derive, this looks quite what I need. Thank you! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 6 Jan 2010 14:10
> I personally would be more inclined to try it from a single system. Â It might > be considerably simpler than your modding, and it would definitely be more > interesting, in my opinion. > Simpler if software is your field. Engineering is mine! As for which is more interesting, I can take pics of a mod! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |